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Discover the people, places and stories that have made history

‘No Mail, Low Morale:’ Who Were The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion?

The Tragic Tale of the Dodo Bird: 10 Facts About How Human Interference Led to Its Extinction

What Was the Brink’s-Mat Robbery?

‘Unsinkable Ship’: How Was The Titanic Built?

10 of the Best Dinosaur Fossil Discoveries of All Time

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How Similar Was Life in Ancient Rome to Modern Cities?

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How the Ancient Aetolians Resisted a Superpower

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10 of the Greatest Heroes of Greek Mythology

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Tacfarinas: Rome’s North African Nightmare

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The Battle of Munda: When Caesar Fought For His Life

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10 of the Best Dinosaur Fossil Discoveries of All Time

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Roman Roads: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

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How Perdiccas, Scheming Lieutenant of Alexander the Great, Tried to Seize an Empire

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Historical Figures

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Commander

Mary Wollstonecraft

Writer

Thomas Jefferson

US President

Boudicca

Queen

William the Conqueror

King of England

Florence Nightingale

Nurse

Elizabeth I

Queen of England

Julius Caesar

Roman Emperor

Queen Victoria

Queen of England

Alexander the Great

King of Macedonia

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister

Henry VIII

King of England

Medieval

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The Oldest Rune Stones in the World

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What Does Nostradamus Predict Will Happen in 2023?

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What Was the White Ship Disaster?

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Templars and Tragedies: The Secrets of London’s Temple Church

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Living with Leprosy in Medieval England

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The 10 Shortest Reigns in English History

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Sibling Squabbles: Royal Sibling Feuds Throughout History

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5 Lesser Known But Very Important Vikings

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Early Modern

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The Tragic Tale of the Dodo Bird: 10 Facts About How Human Interference Led to Its Extinction

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Henry VIII’s 6 Wives in Order

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Who Were the Medicis? The Family That Ruled Florence

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A History of Treason in 5 Documents

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What Was the Significance of the Hapsburg Victory at Zenta?

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Sex, Power and Politics: How the Seymour Scandal Nearly Ruined Elizabeth I

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What Does Nostradamus Predict Will Happen in 2023?

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The Siege of Basing House: A Bloody Chapter of the English Civil War

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Historical Galleries

Geronimo: A Life in Pictures

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Before the Wright Brothers: History’s Early Flying Machines

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Iron Age Brochs of Scotland

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The Life of Queen Elizabeth II in Pictures

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Inside the Space Shuttle

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The Moon Landing in Pictures

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Then & Now: Photos of Historic Landmarks Through Time

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British Stamps: A History in Pictures

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Katherine Johnson – A Life in Quotes

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10 Photos That Changed the World

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Who Built the Nazca Lines and Why?

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John F. Kennedy: His Life in Pictures

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The Olmec Colossal Heads

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Pictish Stones: The Last Evidence of an Ancient Scottish People

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‘Painted People’: Who Were the Picts?

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Enola Gay: The B-29 Airplane That Changed the World

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7 of the Strangest Cars Ever Invented

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10 Eerie Underwater Photos of the Titanic Wreck

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Lost Cities: A Victorian Explorer’s Photos of Old Maya Ruins

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10 of the Most Spectacular Paintings from the British Royal Collection

Culture

Lost in Antarctica: Photos of Shackleton’s Ill-Fated Ross Sea Party

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After the Fighting Stops: Women and the Unseen Wounds of War

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In Photos: What Happened at Chernobyl?

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Revolutions

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Bones in the Attic: The Forgotten Fallen of Waterloo

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Sibling Squabbles: Royal Sibling Feuds Throughout History

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10 Facts About William Pitt the Younger: Britain’s Youngest Prime Minister

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The First US President: 10 Fascinating Facts About George Washington

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10 Facts About Crazy Horse

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10 Facts About Benjamin Banneker

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The Battle of the Chesapeake: A Crucial Conflict in the American War of Independence

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Who Was Crispus Attucks?

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20th Century

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The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19

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What Was the Brink’s-Mat Robbery?

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‘No Mail, Low Morale:’ Who Were The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion?

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‘Unsinkable Ship’: How Was The Titanic Built?

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‘Father of the NHS’: Who Was Aneurin Bevan?

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10 Facts About Kim Philby

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10 Facts About the Battle of Stalingrad

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What Happened at the Battle of the Bulge & Why Was It Significant?

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Discoveries and Exploration

8 Crucial Inventions of the American Industrial Revolution

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Was George Mallory Actually the First Man to Climb Everest?

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6 Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

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Chanel No 5: The Story Behind the Icon

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10 Facts About Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z

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6 Facts About Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour

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Scott vs Amundsen: Who Won the Race to the South Pole?

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Hiram Bingham III and the Forgotten Inca City of Machu Picchu

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Historical Mysteries

Flannan Isle Mystery: When Three Lighthouse Keepers Vanished Forever

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The Mystery of the Lost Roanoke Colony

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The Most Famous Lost Shipwrecks Yet to be Discovered

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Genghis Khan: The Mystery of His Lost Tomb

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What Happened to the Lost Village of Imber?

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What Messages Are Hidden in the Armada Portraits of Elizabeth I?

Culture

Who Were the Princes in the Tower?

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The Tragic Tale of the Dodo Bird: 10 Facts About How Human Interference Led to Its Extinction

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Legends and Outlaws

How Al Capone became one of the world’s most notorious gangsters

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10 Facts About Ching Shih, China’s Pirate Queen

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10 of the Most Famous Female Pirates in History

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10 Famous Outlaws of The Wild West

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The Wild West’s Most Wanted: 10 Facts About Billy the Kid

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10 Facts About Calamity Jane

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10 Facts About Viking Warrior Ivar the Boneless

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6 of the Most Notorious Female Mobsters in History

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